Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, April 2002
8 severe thunderstorm watches in April 2002. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in April 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 8
- Busiest day
- April 29, 20023 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Covington, Escambia, Mobile | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Colbert, Cullman and 19 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay and 17 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Henry, Houston | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Colbert County4
- Franklin County4
- Lauderdale County4
- Calhoun County4
- Cleburne County4
- Jefferson County4
- St. Clair County4
- Talladega County4
- Blount County3
- Cullman County3
- Etowah County3
- Fayette County3
- Lawrence County3
- Marion County3
- Marshall County3
- Morgan County3
- Randolph County3
- Walker County3
- Winston County3
- Clay County3
- Baldwin County2
- Covington County2
- Escambia County2
- Mobile County2
- Cherokee County2
- DeKalb County2
- Jackson County2
- Lamar County2
- Limestone County2
- Madison County2
- Autauga County2
- Bibb County2
- Chambers County2
- Chilton County2
- Coosa County2
- Elmore County2
- Lee County2
- Perry County2
- Pickens County2
- Shelby County2
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.